Love it or hate it, as the sixth most visited website in the world
Wikipedia is one source that researchers and information service
professionals should not ignore.
This event is kindly sponsored by Springer <http://www.springer.com/> and
will feature Ally Crockford, Wikimedian in Residence at the National
Library of Scotland, who will provide the real facts on Wikipedia.
Introducing participants to the world of Wiki, she will explain how editors
contribute and moderate content and on what basis we can trust the world's
largest online encyclopaedia, dispelling common myths and addressing
concerns. Ally will talk about sources such as Wikimedia Commons, Creative
Commons licensing for Wikimedia's digital content, and the risks and
benefits of working with Wikimedia personally and professionally. She will
also talk about her exciting role as Wikimedian in Residence at the Library
and how she is keen to recruit further contributors to these resources.
This promised to be a fascinating event that offers the prospect of
attendees gaining a deep insight into a key resource as well as an
introduction to contributing to Wikipedia in a personal or professional
capacity.
Ally took up the post of Wikimedian in Residence at the National Library of
Scotland in July 2013, the first programme of its kind in Scotland and part
of an attempt to lay the groundwork for a more open access policy at the
NLS. Prior to this she worked with the University of Edinburgh and the
Surgeons' Hall Museum to organise an AHRC-funded series of collaborative
public events. Ally graduated with a PhD in English Literature from the
University of Edinburgh in 2012; in addition to her role at the NLS, Ally
is the inaugural Susan Manning Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute for
Advanced Studies in the Humanities in Edinburgh. Her academic research
explores digital knowledge from a different perspective, creating an
open-access web resource about Medicine in Literature.
The talk will be followed by drinks and nibbles kindly sponsored by
Springer<http://www.springer.com/>and an opportunity to network.
Please book via our online
registration form<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/19iOWebyTCP-rD4Y9PaMrozeoNnGm92BNJNpx8X763QM/viewform>
.
*Date:* Tuesday 4th March
*Time:* 6pm-7.30pm
*Venue:* National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh EH1 1EW
*Cost: F*ree, thanks to the kind sponsorship of Springer
Best wishes,
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